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En Route to Rio
Most avid WYD fans who were watching carefully during the final mass at Cuatro Vientos in Madrid noticed a team of young people from Brazil receiving the WYD cross from a delegation of Spanish youth....
View ArticlePope announces theme for WYD Rio de Janeiro 2013
Pope Benedict XVI announces the theme for the next World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013: “Go and make disciples of all peoples” (Matthew 28:19).
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The WYD Cross and Icon of Mary head to Brazil
This coming Sunday, September 18th, the Archdiocese of São Paulo and the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) will host the first preparatory event leading to World Day Youth Day 2013. The...
View ArticleNetherlands promotes WYD 2013
Our Dutch friends posted this video with this message: Do you have plans for the summer of 2013? Probably not! What do you think about this: Youth from all over the world are coming together in Rio de...
View ArticleGo and make disciples of all nations
A tribute to the next World Youth Day 2013, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ide, pois, fazer discípulos entre todas as nações. (“Go and make disciples of all nations.”) Music: “Nossa...
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Our Lady of Aparecida – Patroness of Brazil
They wrapped a statue they found in cloth and continued to fish. Then their nets were full. That was exactly how Our Lady of Aparecida was named by a few fishermen in Brazil. Blessed be Our Lady of...
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Rio: The Guest of Honour is Already Here
As a Technical Producer for Salt and Light in this is my second WYD. My experience of Rio started months ago with the search for solutions to all the details needed for a live broadcast. Since our...
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Rio 2013: Waiting With Open Arms and Open Heart
Rio has been invaded by 450,000 pilgrims, World Youth Day organizers said during a briefing July 22. As of Monday July 22, the day the pope was scheduled to arrive in Brazil, nearly half a million...
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Into Christ’s Open Arms: From Madrid to Rio
I can say that WYD 2013 started for me almost two years ago when on August 24 landed in Portugal after a life changing experience in Madrid. Months later I was landing in Canada to work at Salt and...
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